you've got to look at whether it's a different type of education, a different type of training, whether it's using your skill set in a tally differentay, but you've got to be accountable to yourself that you may not be as good in the field you were in as you thought you were, and you've got to try something else. melissa: let's people a couple good things to do to get started. you say connect with 15 new contacts on linkedin. does that really work? >> it really does. the key is the problem isn't people sending out linkedin invitations and having people accept them, the real issue is people get lazy, and they don't think, and th stop. once you get those connections de, you need to follow up with those pple a professional way, a phone call or an e-mail, and set up a coffee or a meeting with them just to talk and expand your network face to face. it's very easy for somebody to click the accept button and then discount you from their memory. lissa: few contacts with a total straipger, you know -- stranger, you kn, linkedin -- >> well, it's not necessarily people who are complete stranger ri